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A recent study of cooperative territorial defence in lions, Panthera leo , described the correct ranking structure for a Prisoner's Dilemma [ 34 35 ] . However, cooperators did not retaliate against defectors.
If their men are insulted by other men and don't retaliate, "the women make fun of them: 'You are afraid, you are not men, we will have no more intercourse with you!
People might be killed, and Bin Ladin's supporters might retaliate, perhaps taking U.S. citizens in Kandahar hostage.
And a story tells how NATO expansion is irritating Russia: Yeltsin & Co. may retaliate by improving ties with China, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
In Italy, Milan's Corriere della Sera said it didn't believe that Clinton had attacked Iraq to gain time on impeachment--it was the United States that wanted to retaliate before returning to the issue of its president.